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class=923211817-07072005>Only one more week for paper
submission!</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=923211817-07072005>Tim Berners-Lee will be keynote
speaker.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal
style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
align=left><FONT size=1>**This CFP is being posted to multiple lists; we
apologise if you see<BR> it multiple
times.**</FONT></SPAN></B></P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><STRONG><FONT
face="Times New Roman">RuleML-2005<o:p></o:p></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"
align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><STRONG><FONT
face="Times New Roman">International Conference
on<o:p></o:p></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></P>
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align=center><SPAN><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman">Rules and Rule
Markup Languages for the Semantic Web<o:p></o:p></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></P>
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align=center><U><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><A
href="http://2005.ruleml.org/"><SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">http://2005.ruleml.org</FONT></SPAN></A></SPAN></U><SPAN><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> <BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"><BR
style="mso-special-character: line-break"><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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align=center><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><STRONG><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Galway</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Ireland</st1:country-region></st1:place><BR>10-12 November
2005 </STRONG></FONT></FONT><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><FONT
color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=165450818-01072005> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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align=center><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=165450818-01072005> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><STRONG>Final Call For
Papers </STRONG></FONT><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=2><SPAN
class=165450818-01072005> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3"
align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><FONT face=Arial><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=165450818-01072005> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Rules are widely recognized to be a major part
of the frontier of the Semantic Web, and critical to the early adoption and
applications of knowledge-based techniques in e-business, especially
enterprise integration and B2B e-commerce. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This includes knowledge
representation (KR) theory and algorithms; markup languages based on such
KR; engines, translators, and other tools; relationships to standardization
efforts; and, not least, applications. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Interest and activity in the area of
Rules for the Semantic Web has grown rapidly over the last five years. The
RuleML-2005 Conference is aimed to be this year’s premiere scientific
conference on the topic.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It
continues in topic, leadership, and collaboration with the previous series
of three highly successful annual international workshops (last year’s
was<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>RuleML-2004).<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>RuleML-2005 is colocated with the
International Semantic Web Conference (</FONT><A
href="http://iswc2005.semanticweb.org/"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>http://iswc2005.semanticweb.org/</FONT></A><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">) which meets 6-10 November 2005.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><STRONG><U>We are pleased to
announce that Tim Berners-Lee will be the keynote
speaker</U>.</STRONG></FONT></FONT><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><FONT
color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=165450818-01072005> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><FONT
size=2><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=165450818-01072005> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">This year’s main conference theme is
rule languages for reactive and proactive rules, complex event processing,
and event-driven rules, for applications on the Semantic Web.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The conference will also include an
OWL Workshop, hosted by Peter Patel-Schneider.</FONT></FONT><FONT
size=2><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=165450818-01072005> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><FONT
size=2><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=165450818-01072005> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman">Topics of
Interest<o:p></o:p></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">We encourage submissions on all topics
related to rules and rule markup languages for the Semantic Web.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In particular, the conference seeks
papers addressing the syntax and semantics of rule languages, translations
and interoperability between rule languages, associated theory, execution
engines and processing models, implemented systems, use cases, and deployed
applications. We are also interested in research and applications
integrating declarative business Web Services, business processes, and
rules.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Particularly encouraged
this year as the conference theme is: languages for reactive and proactive
rules, complex event processing, and event-driven rules.</FONT></FONT><FONT
size=2><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=165450818-01072005> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT
size=2><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=165450818-01072005> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Background: </I><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Rules complement and extend
ontologies on the Semantic Web. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Rules can be used in combination with
ontologies, or as a means to specify ontologies.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In particular, simple rules and
axioms can be applied via ontology languages, either in conjunction with or
as an alternative to description logics. Rules can also be applied over
ontologies, so as to draw inferences, express constraints, specify policies,
react to events/changes, discover new knowledge, transform data, etc. Rule
markup languages enrich web ontologies so as to extend definitions of
derived concepts, and supporting publishing rules on the Web, exchange rules
between different systems and tools, share guidelines and policies, merge
and maintain rulebases, and more.</FONT></FONT><FONT size=2><FONT
face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=165450818-01072005> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><FONT
size=2><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=165450818-01072005> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Topics of
interest include the following. <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<UL type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Rule-based policies:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>their specification, execution,
and management<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Combining rules with
ontologies<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: black; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Reaction rules for the Semantic
Web<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: black; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Complex event
processing<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: black; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Rules for event
correlation<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: black; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Event-driven/action rule languages and
models<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: black; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Semantic Rule
Management<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: black; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Resolving conflicts in triggered
action sets <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: black; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Extraction of rules from unstructured
data sources<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: black; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Languages, including standards
(RuleML, SWRL, Jess, N3, F-logic/FLORA-2, etc.) <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Execution models, rule engines, and
environments <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Implemented tools and systems for
active rules on the Semantic Web <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Combining active rules and
ontologies<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Integrating active rules and
description logics<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Applying active rules for Semantic Web
Services<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Modeling of business rules and
event-driven/active rules<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Rule-based software agents and the
Semantic Web <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">E-contracting and automated
negotiations with rule-based declarative strategies
<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Connecting event-driven and reactive
rules to legacy knowledge bases <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Integrating rule bases and distributed
fact bases <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Rule base validation, verification and
exception handling on the Semantic Web<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">XSL transformations of event-driven
and reactive rules <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"><STRONG><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Submission<o:p></o:p></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>We invite articles of no more than 15 pages
length formatted in Springer's </FONT><A
href="http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html"><SPAN
style="COLOR: windowtext"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>LNCS
style</FONT></SPAN></A><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">
(www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html) describing original completed work,
work in progress, or interesting problems or use cases. (Note that this page
limit includes title, abstract, and all figures, and references.)<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Submitted papers will be fully
refereed based on the originality and significance of the ideas presented as
well as on technical aspects. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Publication of the proceedings is
again planned in the Springer LNCS series.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Submissions should be made to </FONT><A
href="http://witanweb.ca/ruleml2005/"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>http://witanweb.ca/ruleml2005/</FONT></A><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> BEFORE OR BY 11 July 2005. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(Note: authors unable to submit PDF
may instead submit Postscript format.)<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In the submission email,
indicate the contact author including full name and affiliation, email
address, and telephone number.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> <SPAN class=165450818-01072005><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><SPAN
class=165450818-01072005> </SPAN></SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><STRONG>Multiple Submission
Policy:</STRONG><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Papers may be
submitted to ISWC-2005 and RuleML-2005, but cannot be presented at both
conferences.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If your paper has
been submitted to ISWC-2005, you must indicate that fact at the top of the
first page.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Failure to do so
may result in summary rejection of your paper.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> <SPAN
class=165450818-01072005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><SPAN
class=165450818-01072005> </SPAN></SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3"><A
name=dates><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"><STRONG><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Important Dates</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></A><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman">
<o:p></o:p></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></P>
<UL type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">11 July 2005 -- Deadline for paper
submissions. <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">10 August 2005-- Notification of
acceptance. <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: black; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><st1:date w:st="on" Month="9" Day="2"
Year="2005">2 September 2005</st1:date> -- Final version of paper
(camera-ready) due. <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: black; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><st1:date w:st="on" Month="9" Day="12"
Year="2005">12 September 2005</st1:date> -- Early registration deadline
for conference authors. <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: black; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">10-12 November 2005 – RuleML 2005
<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman">Conference
Program Co-Chairs<o:p></o:p></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></P>
<UL type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo5"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Asaf Adi, IBM, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Israel</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo5"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Suzette Stoutenburg, The MITRE
Corporation, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo5"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Said Tabet, RuleML Initiative and
Macgregor Inc., <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman">Conference
General Co-Chairs<o:p></o:p></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></P>
<UL type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Harold Boley, National Research
Council and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">University of New
Brunswick</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place>
<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Benjamin Grosof, Massachusetts
Institute of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Technology</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place>
<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman">Steering
Committee<o:p></o:p></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></P>
<UL type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Asaf Adi, IBM, <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Grigoris Antoniou, <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Crete</st1:PlaceName>, FORTH, <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Greece</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Harold Boley, National Research
Council and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">University of New
Brunswick</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place>
<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Benjamin Grosof, Massachusetts
Institute of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Technology</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3"><SPAN
lang=DE style="mso-ansi-language: DE"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Mike Dean, BBN Technologies, USA
<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: black; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Dieter Fensel, <SPAN
style="COLOR: windowtext">Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI),
National <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">University of
Ireland</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Ireland</st1:country-region></st1:place></SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: black; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="COLOR: windowtext">Michael Kifer, State <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">New York</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> at Stony
Brook</SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Steve Ross-Talbot, Pi4 Technologies,
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Suzette Stoutenburg, The MITRE
Corporation, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Said Tabet, RuleML Initiative and
Macgregor Inc., <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><st1:City w:st="on">Gerd
Wagner</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Brandenburg</st1:State>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Technology</st1:PlaceName> at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Cottbus</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Germany</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></LI></UL>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 3"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman">Program
Committee <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></STRONG></SPAN></P>
<UL type=disc>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Grigoris Antoniou, <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Crete</st1:PlaceName>, FORTH, <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Greece</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Nick Bassiliades, <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Aristotle</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceName> of <st1:City
w:st="on">Thessaloniki</st1:City>, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Greece</st1:country-region></st1:place>
<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Harold Boley, National Research
Council and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">University of New
Brunswick</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place>
<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Scott Buffett, National Research
Council and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">University of New
Brunswick</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place>
<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Carlos Damasio, New <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">University of Lisbon</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Portugal</st1:country-region></st1:place>
<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Christian de Sainte Marie, ILOG,
France<SPAN lang=DE
style="mso-ansi-language: DE"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4"><SPAN
lang=DE style="mso-ansi-language: DE"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Mike Dean, BBN Technologies, USA
<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><st1:PersonName w:st="on">Andreas
Eberhart</st1:PersonName>, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">International University</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Germany</st1:country-region></st1:place>
<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: black; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Dieter Fensel, <SPAN
style="COLOR: windowtext">Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI),
National <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">University of
Ireland</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Ireland</st1:country-region></st1:place></SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Benjamin Grosof, Massachusetts
Institute of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Technology</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: black; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Guido Governatori, The <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Queensland</st1:PlaceName>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Australia</st1:place></st1:country-region>
<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">John Hall, Model Systems,
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Sandro Hawke, Massachusetts Institute
of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Technology</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Ian Horrocks, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">University of Manchester</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region></st1:place>
<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Michael Kifer, State <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">New York</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> at Stony
Brook<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: black; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Jay Lee, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Korea</st1:country-region> Advanced <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Institute</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Science</st1:PlaceName> and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Technology</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Korea</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Sandy Liu, National Research Council
and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">University of New
Brunswick</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place>
<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Jan Maluszynski, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Linköping University</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Sweden</st1:country-region></st1:place>
<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Massimo Marchiori, W3C, <st1:City
w:st="on">MIT</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region> and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">University of Venice</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Italy</st1:country-region></st1:place> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Donald Nute, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">University of Georgia</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place>
<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Royi Ronen, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Technion</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Israel</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4"><SPAN
lang=DE style="mso-ansi-language: DE"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Michael Schroeder, TU Dresden, Germany
<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Michael Sintek, DFKI, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Germany</st1:country-region></st1:place>
<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Bruce Spencer, National Research
Council and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">University of New
Brunswick</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place>
<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Said Tabet, RuleML Initiative and
Macgregor Inc., <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Dmitry Tsarkov, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">University of Manchester</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region></st1:place>
<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Paul Vincent, Fair <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Isaac</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
<LI class=MsoNormal
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size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><st1:City w:st="on">Gerd
Wagner</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Brandenburg</st1:State>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Technology</st1:PlaceName> at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Cottbus</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Germany</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
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size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Kewen Wang, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Griffith University</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Australia</st1:country-region></st1:place>
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size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Yuhong Yan, National Research Council
and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">University of New
Brunswick</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></LI></UL>
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